process Archives - Duck Alignment Academy

2024-08-15

Volunteers can’t be blockers

Figure out which processes are truly critical and accept that the non-critical ones may get missed from time to time. If you have paid contributors, they should be responsible for the critical processes.

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2024-07-24

A veneer of organization

Building up too much process early is a way to look busy without accomplishing anything. You have to fit it to the community’s need.

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2024-04-24

On “predetermined” outcomes

You’re obliged to listen to the comments in good faith; you’re not obliged to be convinced by them.

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2024-03-29

Getting started is just the start

You’ll need to continually refine processes as you go. That’s easier if you think beyond just what you need at the start.

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2024-03-13

Bug fixes only matter if they get to the user

Any bug that blocks a release from getting to users is worthy of an immediate fix release. This is true even if the bug is minor by itself.

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2023-09-13

What are you optimizing?

If you start optimizing for a process and then discover you’re optimizing for the wrong thing, you’ve wasted time.

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2023-06-02

Is an accidentally reverted feature a release blocker?

You should have a policy in place, and it needs to be more sophisticated than “yes” or “no”. Decide when adding a feature if it should be release blocking or not.

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